Jumper

So Hayden and Samuel team up again for a Sci-fi Flick, minus good old George or course. This time however they get the mastermind behind the Bourne series, and one would think this would better the odds of it being good. One would think...

The movie however is a wash. An exciting premise, some interesting action, and meandering story. I mean with the idea of a 'war' that has been going on for centuries between people that can jump to any location they have seen(or been.. still wasn't that clear) at will and the Paladins that systematically hunt theses abominations down to kill them, one would think you could muster-up a rip roaring action packed epic... One would think.

Hayden is as wooden as ever in a role that might of benefited from some actual emotion, but to his credit the script doesn't help. We know this man can act he did it in Shattered Glass and Life as a House, but some where Anakin took him to the career dark side, and he is following the path blazed by his movie son Mark Hamell into obscurity.

The movie started slow.. which is not necessarily bad if it's beginning has purpose. Instead it was like a superhero origin tale with all the fun and excitement or consequences for his actions taken out. Seriously I had a hard time get over the fact that this kid falls through the ice with a dozen or so witnesses and is not seen again, and there is no funeral no indication that people think he died. And then when he does show up like 10 years later everyone is like... ohh Hey old bud long time no see. I mean the female lead should be totally freaked out if not scared for life.. but ohh well it is a movie, let me extend my suspension of disbelief a bit further.

From their we are introduced to people from an incredibly old organization that hunts jumpers with religious zeal. They seem at all places at all times with more funding then most governments, but some how have remained hidden. They pose as NSA FEMA and just about every other government initial that there is.

The movie then just goes bad. Some where the story was lost and about half way through you sense the scriptwriters had some real writers block. I am sure this script probably has at least a half dozen names to its credit. Which makes sense. Too many cooks in the kitchen seem to of turned a simple omelet into a really bad scrambled egg.

Pass on this one. Unless you are just looking for some interesting visuals and some disjointed special effects.